(FAVF) is a 501c3 nonprofit charitable corporation dedicated to the Promise of "Leave No One Behind.” FAVF is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to the U.S. Department of Defense in the physical search and recovery of U.S. Service Personnel Missing In Action (MIA) in remote and inhospitable parts of the world. FAVF is currently engaged in the search and recovery of 53 MIAs - from Greenland to Antarctic
a to the Philippines, Vietnam, and Papua New Guinea. Our mission is threefold:
Provide assistance to the U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) in the search and recovery of US Service Personnel Mission In Action through FAVF’s specialized knowledge, procedures, and protocols gained while working in deep glacier polar and offshore environments. Advocacy for the families of the US Service Personnel Mission In Action. Through programs dedicated to increasing public and Congressional awareness of MIA issues, FAVF intends to promote and expedite the recovery of all 32,000 US Service Personnel Missing In Action deemed recoverable by the U.S. Over 83,000 US Service Personnel are MIA from WWII forward to today. Due to “deep sea” losses and where no remains exist as many as 50,000 MIAs are likely never to be recovered.
